Legal Opinion
New Jersey Power & Light Co. v. State of New Jersey Department of Public Utilities
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 29, 1954PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Vanderbilt, C. J.
This appeal by the New Jersey Power & Light Company from a decision of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners dismissing its application for a surcharge of 5% on its newly established rates comes before us on the company’s petition for certification granted by us, 14 N. J. 15 (1953).
I. The Pacts
In October 1952 the company applied to the Board for a revision of its rates so that it could obtain additional revenue of $1,400,000 annually. In a decision handed down in May, 1953 the Board granted rate increases that would allow the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Galveston Electric Co. v. City of GalvestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. EdmistenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
- Narragansett Electric Co. v. BurkeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Elizabethtown Water Co. v. New Jersey Board of Public UtilitiesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
- Mississippi Public Service Commission v. Home Telephone Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1959
- Public Service Commission v. Diamond State Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1983
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